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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



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American Revolution 



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LIST OF CHARTER MEMBERS 



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and fourteenth year of the INDEPENDENCE of the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



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OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY 

1891. 



(president 

Gen. A. W. GREELY, U.S.A. 

($ict (Jfree&enfe 

Jgonororg 

Admiral J. L. WORDEN, U.S.N. Gen. M. C. MEIGS, U.S.A. 

Hon. JOHN SHERMAN. Gen. O. B. WILLCOX, U.S.A. 

Admiral JAMES E.JOUETT, U.S.N. Hon. JOHN W. DOUGLASS. 

Gen. E. D. TOWNSEND, U.S.A. Gen. JAMES J. DANA, U.S.A. 

@cftt>e 

Gen. MARCUS J. WRIGHT, Gen. H. V. BOYNTON, 

Col. MARSHALL McDONALD. 



A. HOWARD CLARK, ARNOLD BURGES JOHNSON, 

National Museum. Light House Board. 



treasurer 

WILLIAM VAN ZANDT COX, 

National Museum. 



(gegt0frar 

G. BROWN GOODE, 

Smithsonian Institution. 



W)istoxi(xn 

FRANCIS O. ST. CLAIR, M.D. 

Department of State. 



V>oavb of management 

1891 



Gen. A. W. Greely, U.S.A., President. 

Gen. H. V. Boynton, of Ohio. 

Col. John Bell Brownlow, of Tennessee. 

Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, U.S.A., of Kentucky. 

Gen. Franklin G. Butterfield, of Vermont. 

Prof. W. D. Cabell, of Virginia. 

A. Howard Clark, of Massachusetts. 

William A. DeCaindry, of Georgia. 

Capt. R. C. DuBois, U.S.A., of Pennsylvania. 

Henry Wise Garnett, of Virginia. 

George Brown Goode, of Connecticut. 

Arnold Burges Johnson, of Massachusetts. 

Col. Marshall McDonald, of Virginia. 

Capt. William Morris Meredith, of Illinois. 

Col. M. M. Parker, of Vermont. 

Col. Felix A. Reeve, of Tennessee. 

Francis O. St. Clair, M.D., of Maryland. 

Richard H. Spencer, of Maryland. 

Prof. Robert E. C. Stearns, of California. 

Gen. Marcus J. Wright, of Tennessee. 

William C. Winlock, of Massachusetts. 



Sons of the 
American Revolution. 



The Citizens of the United States are responsible for the greatest trust ever confided to a polit- 
ical society. If justice, good faith, honor, gratitude and all the other qualities which ennoble the 
character of a nation and fulfil the ends of government be the fruits of our establishments, the 
cause of Liberty will acquire a dignity and lustre which it has never yet enjoyed ; and an 
example will be set which cannot but have the most favorable influence on the rights of Mankind. 

James Madison, 1783. 

The Society of Sons of the American Revolution enables the man of the North and the 
man of the South to stand on the same platform. We shall have an electric current of fraternal 
interest reaching from the St. Lawrence to the Rio Grande. 

Admiral Porter, 1890. 



HE Society of the Sons of the American 
Revolution is purely patriotic in its pur- 
poses. Through its agency representative 
men of all parties and from every section, 
the descendants of the patriots who 
achieved independence for our Nation, are brought together in 
sympathetic and friendly association for the promotion of 
objects specifically named in its Constitution, as follows: — 

(1) To perpetuate the memory and the spirit of the mc7i who 
achieved American Independence, by the encouragement of histor- 
ical research in relation to the Revolution and the publication of 
its res2(lts, the preservation of documents and relics and of the 
records of the i?idividual services of Revolutionary soldiers and 
patriots, and the promotion of celebrations of all patriotic anni- 
versaries. 

(2) To carry out the injunction of Washington in his farewell 
address to the American people : — " To promote, as an object of 




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SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 



primary importance ', institutions for the general difftision of 
knowledge, 1 '' — thus developing a?i enlightened public opinion and 
affording to young and old such advantages as shall develop in 
them the largest capacity for pcrformi?ig the duties of American 
citizens. 

(3) To cherish, maintain, and extend the institutions of Amer- 
ican freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of country, and 
to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty. 

The Society is National in its scope and is governed in mat- 
ters of general importance by a board of officers elected at its 
annual convention. It is made up of the following State 
Societies, in every respect co-equal in rank : — 



LIST OF SOCIETIES. 

January, 1891. 



Name. 

National Society, 

California, 

New Jersey, 

Connecticut, . 

Vermont, . 

South Carolina, 

Massachusetts, 

Maryland, 

Ohio, . . 

Kentucky, . 

Missouri, 

Tennessee, . 

Minnesota, 

Arkansas, . 

Wisconsin, 

Indiana, 

Michigan, . 

Delaware, . 

West Virginia, 

Rhode Island, 

Illinois, . . 

New York, 

District of Columbia, 

Nebraska, . 

Alabama, 

Louisiana, . 

Virginia, 



President. 
Dr. William Seward Webb, of Ver- 
mont, President General. 
Col. A. S. Hubbard. 
Hon. John Whitehead. 
Jonathan Trumbull. 
Hon. Redfield Proctor. 
Hon. J. P. Richardson. 
Hon. Charles H. Saunders. 
Gen. Bradley T. Johnson. 
H. V. Axline. 
Hon. H. W. Bruce. 
Josiah Fogg. 
Rev. D. C. Kelley, D.D. 
Hon. Albert Edgerton. 
Col. Samuel W. Williams. 
Don J. Whittemore. 
Hon. William E. Niblack. 
Hon. H. B. Ledyard. 
Hon. Thomas F. Bayard. 
Hon. John J. Jacob. 
John Nicholas Brown. 
Judge Henry M. Shepard. 
Hon. Chauncey M. Depew. 
Admiral David D. Porter. 
Champion S. Chase. 
Capt. Joseph Forney Johnston. 
Hon. William H. Jack. 
Hon. William Wirt Henry. 



The C; fornia Society, which stands at the head of the list, 
is (with the exception of the Society of the Cincinnati, 



HISTORY AND OBJECTS. IX 

founded May 13, 1783, and the American Revolution Society, 
or Seventy-six Association, composed of officers and soldiers, 
founded in the South in 1784, which existed for many years, 
but long ago became extinct) the first patriotic organization 
ever founded in America, with membership based upon service 
in the cause of American Independence. It came into exist- 
ence on the Fourth of July, 1876, when citizens of San Fran- 
cisco, about forty in number, descendants of the patriots of 
the Revolution, having marched together in the great procession 
which was the most striking feature of California's celebration 
of the Centennial Anniversary of Independence, met to organize 
the Society of Sons of Revolutionary Sires.* The objects of 
the society then founded were defined in a circular letter, sent 
out in August, in the following terms : 

"To unite the. descendants of Revolutionary patriots and 
perpetuate the memory of those who took part in the American 
Revolution, and maintained the independence of the United 
States of America; to organize auxiliaries, co-equal branches 
and representative bodies, at such time and place as the directors 
may determine." 

The desire of the founders of the new society to extend its 
work beyond the boundaries of California met with much 
encouragement. Honorary membership was accepted by Ex- 
Presidents Grant and Hayes and other public men throughout 
the country, and before the close of 1876, Vice Presidents had 
been appointed in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Illinois, 
Iowa and the District of Columbia,! with authority to found 
branch societies, and these efforts were continuous up to 1883. 
It is not certain that any such branches were ever formed, but 



*On June 29th (1876) the following request was published in the news columns of the 
" Alta " : " The descendants of the Revolutionary patriots are requested to meet at the headquar- 
ters of the Grand Marshal, at No. 212 Kearney street, at 8 o'clock this evening, for the purpose of 
making arrangements to participate in the celebration." In response to the call between forty and 
fifty citizens assembled. General N. M. Winn presided, and Dr. E. L. Willard was chosen secre- 
tary. All present signed the roll. After the parade the organization marched to the Palace Hotel 
and partook of refreshments. It was at this meeting that they formally organized under the 
title of "Sons of Revolutionary Sires" (July 4th, 1876). Ten days later the new organization 
adopted a constitution and by-laws, and has since been a permanent society in this city. 

From the "Alta California," May 5th, 1889. 

fMr. N. T. E. Chandler, of the U. S. Patent Office, Vice President for the District of Colum- 
bia, died in 1889, and the papers relating to the history of his work cannot be f d. 



X SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

the California Society maintained a continuous existence until 
1889, when it changed its name in order to participate in the 
organization of the National Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution, and is still one of the strong organiza- 
tions in the federation. 

In 1876 Mr. John Austin Stevens, of New York, proposed 
the organization of a society, to be called "Sons of the Revo- 
lution," and to be composed of descendants of officers and 
soldiers of the Revolutionary Army. No meetings appear to 
have been held under this plan. The New York society of the 
Sons of the Revolution was formally established December 31, 
1883. In 1888 some of its members founded a similar society 
in Philadelphia, and in March and April, 1889, similar organiza- 
tions were formed in thirteen other States. Through some un- 
fortunate misunderstanding the society in New York failed to 
participate in the movement now begun for the establishment 
of a National organization, although it was the desire of the 
other States that New York should take the lead. The tech- 
nical difficulty seems to have been the unwillingness of the 
other States to recognize the supposed claim of the New 
York society to be the central and sole source of authority. 

On the Anniversary day, April 30, 1889, upon the invitation 
of the New Jersey Society, delegates from fourteen States met 
in the historic "Long Room" of Fraunces's Tavern, in New 
York, the apartment in which Washington took leave of his 
Generals at the close of the Revolution, and formed an organi- 
zation of National scope under the name of The Society of 
the Sons of the American Revolution, and under the Consti- 
tution then adopted the several State societies already men- 
tioned have become federated. 

The District of Columbia Society, Sons of the American 
Revolution, was organized April 11, 1890, by Mr. William O. 
McDowell, of New Jersey, at that time Vice President General 
of the National Society. Its career, though short, has been 
prosperous, and it is already one of the largest and strongest of 
the associations of descendants of the patriots of the Revolution. 

In 1890 the New York Society abandoned its plan of aux- 
iliary branches, and joined with that in Pennsylvania to form a 
general or National Society, under the name of Sons of the 



HISTORY AND OBJECTS. XI 



Revolution. This action removed all tangible obstacles to the 
union of all the State societies in one National organization. 
The question of priority of organization is not one of the highest 
importance, for all will concede that the present widespread 
interest is largely the outgrowth of the part which the Sons of 
the Revolution in New York have taken in the movement 
which began in 1876 in both San Francisco and New York, 
which took tangible form in San Francisco in 1876 and in New 
York in 1883, a °d which culminated in 1889 in a general or- 
ganization of State societies throughout the whole Union. 

Prior to the organization of the Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution in Washington City, a society of the 
Sons of the Revolution was in existence. This was organized 
April 3, 1890, under the Presidency of the Hon. John Lee 
Carroll, and with a very distinguished membership. On April 
3, 1890, this society subscribed to the Constitution of the Sons 
of the Revolution, prepared by the Representatives of the 
New York and Pennsylvania Societies. 

The National Society of the Daughters of the American 
Revolution was organized in Washington City, October 11, 
1890, and has already a large membership, which is extending 
over the entire country. Its objects are identical with those of 
the two other societies already referred to, though its organi 
zation and eligibility requirements are somewhat different. 

Serious work has already been begun by all the societies. 
Members of the old New York Society did noble service in 
providing for the completion of the pedestal of the Bar- 
tholdi Statue of Liberty, in New York Harbor; and it was 
to its members that the Centennial Celebration of 1889 
owed its origin, and largely its success. It also aided 
materially in the erection of a monument to Nathan Hale. 
The State societies are planning for the systematic celebration 
of local events of historic interest; Massachusetts has cele- 
brated the anniversary of " Lexington," and New Jersey those 
of " Red Bank," "Trenton " and "Springfield," and Tennessee 
that of "King's Mountain." Our National Society has asked 
the interest of the Congress to prevent the desecration of the 
National flag by its use for advertising purposes, and is en- 
deavoring to encourage the playing of National airs by all 



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SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 



bands on National anniversaries. All the societies are urging 
the more general display of the National flag. The California 
Society and our own set the example of a patriotic gathering 
on July 4, 1890; an example afterwards strengthened by the 
issue of an official circular from the National Society. 

Much still remains to be done in the way of patriotic en- 
deavor. The localities of historic events and the birthplaces 
and graves of Revolutionary heroes are to be identified and 
marked by suitable monuments. Revolutionary documents 
and records, especially the unpublished rolls of the soldiers, 
and the stories of individual service are to be brought to light, 
indexed and printed. The Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the 
Revolution, has begun serious work in the preservation of his- 
torical documents. The Michigan Society, S. A. R., passed a 
resolution April 24, 1890, urging the publication of the records 
of the Army of the Revolution, and Col. Hubbard, the President 
of the California Society, wrote to the President of the National 
Society, February 18, 1890, as follows: — 

' ' / hope that some method will be formulated whereby the 
United States Government will undertake to gather, compile and 
publish, from its archives, a?id the archives of the thirteen original 
States, the record of every officer, soldier and sailor who partici- 
pated in the war of 1776, and that the work thus published will 
be recognized as the American Domesday Book. The National 
Society of Sons of the American Revolution should be more than 
an attxiliary in the production of such a work. ' ' 

A wholesome and intelligent interest in the principles and 
acts of the Revolution may well be encouraged throughout the 
country. It is believed that whenever any question of real 
importance is to be considered, unanimity of sentiment and 
harmony of action will always be found among the various 
organizations of the descendants of the patriots of 1776. 




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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



There are tlwee stages in the liistory of the" North 
American Revolution — the first of which may be considered 
as beginning with the order of the British Council for enforc- 
ing the acts of trade in 1760, and as having reached its crisis 
at the meeting of the first Congress fourteen years after, at 
Philadelphia. It was a struggle for the preservation and 
recovery of the rights and liberties of the British Colonics. 
It terminated in a civil ivar, the character and object of 
which zvcj'c changed by the Declaration of Independence. 

The second stage is that of the War of Independence, 
usually so-called — but it began fifteen months before the 
Declaration, and was itself the immediate cause and not the 
effect of that event. It closed by the preliminary Treaty of 
Peace concluded at Paris, on the joth of November, 1782. 

The third is the formation of the Anglo-American People 
and Nation of North America. This event was completed 
by the meeting of the first Congress of the United States, 
under their present Constitution, on the Fourth of March, 
i 7 S 9 . 

John Quincy Adams, 1S36. 

There is nothing more common than to confound the 
terms of American Revolution with those of the late 
American War. The American War is over, but this is 
far from being the case with the American Revolution. 
On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the great 
drama is closed. It remains yet to establish and perfect 
our nezv forms of government, and to prepare the prin- 
ciples, morals and manners of our citizens for these forms 
of government, after they are established and brought to 
perfection. 

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CONSTITUTION. 




ARTICLE I. 

NAME. 

HE name of this Society shall be The District 
of Columbia Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution. 



ARTICLE II. 

OBJECTS. 



The objects of the Society shall be: 

To perpetuate the memory and the spirit of the men who Historical 
achieved American Independence, by the encouragement of ese and 
historical research in relation to the Revolution and the publi- 
cation of its results, the preservation of documents and relics 
and of the records of the individual services of Revolutionary 
soldiers and patriots, and the promotion of celebrations of all 
patriotic anniversaries. 

To carry out the injunction of Washington in his farewell Promotion 
address to the American people: — "To promote, as an object ° institutions, 
of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of 
knowledge," — thus developing an enlightened public opinion 
and affording to young and old such advantages as shall 
develop in them the largest capacity for performing the duties 
of American citizens. 



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CONSTITUTION. 



Promotion t c herish, maintain, and extend the institutions of Ameri- 

Patriotism. can f re edom, to foster true patriotism and love of country, and 
to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty. 



ARTICLE III. 



MEMBERSHIP. 



Eligibility. 



Ancestry Records 

of 

Women. 



Honorary 

Members. 



Members 

of the 

National Society. 



I. Any man is eligible for membership who is of the age 
of twenty-one years, and who is descended from an ancestor 
who, with unfailing loyalty, rendered material aid to the 
cause of American Independence as a soldier or a seaman, 
or a civil officer in one of the several Colonies or States or of 
the United Colonies or States, or as a recognized patriot, pro- 
vided that the applicant shall be acceptable to the Society. 

II. For the purpose of perfecting the records of Revolu- 
tionary patriots and their descendants, any woman of Revolu- 
tionary ancestry may file with the Registrar a record, in dupli- 
cate, of her ancestors' services and of her line of descent, one 
copy of which shall be deposited among the archives of the 
National Society. 

III. Any person may be eligible for honorary membership, 
subject to the limitations as to age and descent established 
in the case of active members. 

IV. All members of the National Society are our comrades 
and brothers, and when within the borders of our jurisdiction 
will be welcome to our meetings and to assist in our celebra- 
tions and work. 



ARTICLE IV. 



Officers 
and 

Managers. 



OFFICERS AND MANAGERS. 

I. The officers of the Society shall be a President, one or 
more Vice Presidents, two Secretaries, a Treasurer, a Registrar, 
an Assistant Registrar, an Historian, and such others as may 
be deemed necessary, who shall be elected by a vote of the 
majority of the members present at the annual meeting of the 
Society, and who shall hold office for one year, or until their 
successors shall be elected, and who, with thirteen other 
members, shall constitute the Board of Management. 



CONSTITUTION. 



XVII 



II. Delegates to the Congress of the Society shall be elected Delegates to the 
at each annual meeting, in accordance with the requirements of 



the Constitution of the General Society. 

III. An Executive Committee of five, of which the President 
of the Society shall be the chairman, which may be elected 
by the Board of Management from their number, shall, in the 
interim between the meetings of the Board, transact such 
business as shall be delegated to it by the Board of Manage- 
ment. 

ARTICLE V. 



Executive 

Committee. 



FEES AND DUES. 

I. The initiation fee, including dues for the first year, shall 
be five ($5) dollars; the annual dues three ($3) dollars; or the 
payment at one time of fifty ($50) dollars shall constitute a life 
member, with exemption from payment of dues thereafter. 

II. The annual dues shall be payable on the first day of April 
in each year. 

III. A member who shall remain in arrears for dues for three 
months after notice of his indebtedness has been sent him, may 
be dropped from the rolls by the Board of Management. 

IV. The initiation fees and all payments for dues and life 
memberships shall be used by the Board of Management for 
the purpose of paying the dues of twenty-five cents for each 
active member, to the National Society, of publishing such 
documents as they may deem advisable, of paying the running 
expenses, and for such special purposes as may be ordered by 
a vote of two-thirds of the Board of Management. 



Time 

of 

Payment. 

Arrearages. 



Application 
of 

Funds. 



ARTICLE VI. 

MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS. 

I. The Annual Meeting for election of officers and transaction 
of business shall be held at noon on the twenty-second day of 
February, the anniversary of the birth of George Washington, 
in every year, except when that date shall fall on Sunday, in 
which case the meeting shall be held on the following day. 



Annual Meeting. 



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CONSTITUTION. 



Special Meetings. 



Election 
of 
Officers. 



II. Special meetings may be called by the President or Board 
of Management at any time for business purposes or for the 
purpose of celebrating events of the Revolution or other 
patriotic events, or devising means for the prosecution of 
patriotic work. The President shall call a special meeting 
whenever requested in writing so to do by five or more 
members. 

III. General business may be transacted at any special meet- 
ing. 

IV. Thirteen members shall constitute a quorum at all meet- 
ings, except that three members shall be a quorum of the 
Executive Committee. 

V. All nominations for officers shall be made from the 
floor and not by committee, and all elections to office shall 
be by ballot. The persons receiving the majority of all the 
votes cast shall be declared elected, and shall hold office for the 
ensuing term and until their successors shall be elected. 



ARTICLE VII. 



Proposal 

of 

Amendments. 



Action 

on 

Amendments. 



AMENDMENTS. 

Amendments to this Constitution may be offered at any 
meeting of the Society, but shall not be acted on until the next 
meeting. A copy of every proposed amendment shall be sent 
to each member, with a notice of the meeting at which the 
same is to be acted on, at least one week prior to said meet- 
ing. 

A vote of two-thirds of those present shall be necessary to 
the adoption of any amendment. 



BY-LAWS. 

SECTION I. 

ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 

Members shall be elected as follows : Candidates may send Election 
their applications together with documents and other proofs of Membership. 
qualification for membership,* to the Secretary; and, upon a 
favorable report from the Board of Management, and upon 
payment of the initiation fee, shall become members of the 
Society. 



SECTION II. 

THE PRESIDENT. 

The President, or in his absence the Vice President, or in his Presiding 
absence a Chairman, pro tempore, shall preside at all meetings of 
the Society and Board of Management, and have a casting 
vote. He shall exercise the usual functions of a presiding 
officer, and shall enforce a strict observance of the Constitution 
and By-Laws and of the regulations and rules of the Society. 



* It is required that all applications shall be made upon the standard form of Application for 
Membership issued by authority of the Executive Committee, N. S., S. A. R., which provides for: 

1. A statement of the services of the ancestor of the applicant in aid of the establishment of 
American Independence. 

2. A detailed statement of the intermediate generations of his pedigree, with full names of 
maternal and paternal ancestors in each generation, and, if possible, dates and places of birth and 
death, and places of residence. 

3. A recommendation of the candidate by a member of the Society. 

4. An affidavit by the applicant in support of the statements contained in his application. The 
affidavit has not as yet been required by this Society. 



Officer. 



XX 



BY-LAWS. 



General 

Duties. 



Records. 



Notices of 

Elections and 

Meetings. 



SECTION III. 

THE SECRETARY. 

The Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence of 
the Society and such other matters as may be directed by the 
Society. He shall have charge of the seal, certificate of in- 
corporation, by-laws and records of the Society, and, together 
with the presiding officer, shall certify all acts of the Society. 

He shall keep fair and accurate records of all the proceedings 
and orders of the Society; and shall give notice to the several 
officers of all votes, orders, resolves, and proceedings of the 
Society affecting them or appertaining to their respective 
duties. 

He shall notify all members of their election, and shall, 
under the direction of the President or Vice President, give 
due notice of the time and place of all meetings of the Society, 
and attend the same. 



Disposition 

of 

Funds. 



Accounts 

and 

Audits. 



Balances. 



SECTION IV. 

THE TREASURER. 

The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and securities 
of the Society ; they shall be deposited in some bank or saving 
institute in this District, to the credit of The District of 
Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 
and shall be drawn thence on the check of the Treasurer, for 
the purposes of the Society only. Out of these funds he shall 
pay such sums only as may be ordered by the Society, or by 
the Board of Management. 

He shall keep a true account of his receipts and payments, 
and, at each annual meeting, render the same to the Society, 
when a committee shall be appointed to audit his accounts. 

If, from the annual report of the Treasurer, there shall appear 
to be a balance against the Treasurer, no appropriation of 
money shall be made for any object but the necessary current 
expenses of the Society until such balance shall be paid. 



BY-LAWS. 



XXI 



SECTION V. 



THE REGISTRAR. 



The Registrar shall keep a roll of members, and in his hands 
shall be lodged all the proofs of membership-qualification, and 
all the historical and genealogical papers, manuscript or other, 
of which the Society may become possessed; and, under the 
direction of the Board of Management, shall keep copies of 
such similar documents as the owners thereof may not be 
willing to leave permanently in the keeping of the Society. 
He shall verify all statements of the revolutionary services of 
ancestors that may be made in the applications for member- 
ship, and make report to the Board of Managers. 

The Registrar shall, if practicable, be some person con- 
nected with the Smithsonian Institution. 



Membership 
Roll. 



Historical 
Documents. 



SECTION VI. 



THE HISTORIAN. 

The historian shall keep the records of the historical and 
commemorative meetings of the Society, and shall supervise 
the preparation and printing of all its historical publications, 
other than those of the membership rolls. 

He shall submit at each annual meeting a list of the mem- 
bers who may have died during the year, accompanied by 
biographical memoirs. 



Historical 
Records. 



Necrology. 



SECTION VII. 

THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. 

The Board of Management shall consist of at least twenty- 
one members, namely, the President, Vice Presidents, Secre- 
taries, Treasurer, Registrar, and Historian, ex-offitio, and thirteen 
others, elected as provided by the Constitution. 

They shall judge of the qualifications of the candidates for 
admission to the Society, and elect the same . They shall have 



Constitution 



XXIV THE INSIGNIA. 



officers who personally fought with and for the Colonies were 
Chevaliers of the Order. It is intended as a recognition of 
them and their services, and as a compliment to their country 
and their descendants that we propose, in some part, the 
adoption of the form of the historic Cross of St. Louis. 

"The medallion in gold, which forms the center of the cross 
on its obverse side, and bears the bust in profile of Washing- 
ton, appears too appropriate to demand explanation or argu- 
ment. The legend surrounding it in letters of gold on a ribbon 
of blue enamel, 'Libertas et Patria,' appears at once in keep- 
ing with the general design and in harmony with the principles 
and purposes of the order. 

"The reverse side of the cross is like the obverse, except 
that the reverse bears on the gold medallion the figure of a 
' Minute-Man,' a type of those old Continental Soldiers who 

Left their ploughshares in the mould, 
Their flocks and herds without a fold, 

and rushed to the defense of liberty and country at the first 
sound of the gun, the echo of which was heard around the 
world, — one of the heroes and martyrs of Valley Forge. 

" The decoration is to be suspended from the left breast or 
collar by a blue ribbon with white edges. Blue and white 
were the colors of the uniform of Washington's staff." 




THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 



[From the address by Rev. John McDowell Leavitt, D.D., LL.D.] 

"The Society of the Sons of the American Revolution rests 
on a wider basis than military rank and service. Pen and 
voice may be as useful to liberty as the sword. By essay and 
oration Henry, Adams and Jefferson accomplished as much for 
their country as Gates or Green or Putnam by the most bril- 
liant exploits of battle. Washington as commander was no 
more a patriot and benefactor than Washington as president. 
Nor must the heroes of the ranks be overlooked. Descendants 
of the sailor, soldier and civilian are recognized by our society; 
membership is based on true patriotic service, however and 
wherever rendered, during the war of the Revolution. 

" Two paths open to our society: 

" It may live in and for the past, it may collect and treasure 
relics, trace ancestors and extol the heroic era of our nation. 
Many naturally look behind rather than before for the golden 
age of our humanity ; and let us not discourage those inclined 
to venerable fashions. 

" But we have a nobler mission than devotion to the antique 
and aesthetic. As our society grows out of the past of our 
country, so it may become a potent element in the future. 

"Our country has been exempt from the peculiar trials of 
other lands. Humanity began with us anew. The Atlantic is 
the barrier between us and the past ; hence on our soil liberty 
had an unimpeded growth. New obstacles gave new strength. 
Colonial struggles made our American manhood. The Revo- 
lution was our evolution. Nor has growth stopped; we are a 
century in advance of our ancestors. Our prisons are better; 



XXVI THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 

our schools are better; our colleges are better. Steam and 
electricity have enlarged our views even more than our means 
of intercommunication. 

' ' Where then was the glory of our fathers ? Rich patriots 
imperiled wealth and life for liberty. Poor citizens, through 
rags and blood and hunger and defeat, stood by the cause until 
victory was won. States quarreled and delayed their quotas. 
Congress was sometimes divided and uncertain; cabals and 
ambitions and dishonesties were not wanting; but always 
there were men faithful to their leaders and their country. 
Valor and virtue triumphed. Hard experience made successful 
both revolution and constitution. Greece, Rome and England 
instructed our fathers; but American needs and trials were 
their best teachers. Measured by truest tests their patriotic 
wisdom has never been excelled. Out of bitter and paltry 
contests emerged a structure of liberty to endure forever. 
Amid cramping and belittling influences our constitution was 
shaped into a comprehensive instrument adapted to social 
needs, political requirements and territorial magnitudes of 
which its framers could have had no conception. For all time 
and all the world it stands their immortal monument. 

"Let our society study the work of our fathers as it is — it 
wants no glamour of a golden mist. When fancy converts 
our Revolutionary sires into ideals we lose interest. Men, not 
statues, stir living thoughts. History to be profitable must be 
honest. Whatever the frailties of others in peace and war, 
Washington without stain or cloud stands forth in solitary 
glory. 

"Nor should the Sons of the American Revolution forget 
that from the beginning they had a mingled blood. New 
England was moulded by the British Puritans. The Dutch 
controlled New York. Quakers and Germans settled Penn- 
sylvania. English Catholics largely shaped Maryland. Swedes 
prevailed in Delaware. Virginia boasted cavalier and church- 
man. The Scotch and Scotch-Irish immigrated extensively 
into New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the Carolinas. 
Florida was long the home of the Spaniard. In Louisiana, 
French and Creoles were numerous. Huguenots leavened our 
whole republic. Our manhood grew from mixed national- 



THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. XXVII 



ities. Side by side their representatives fought in the Revolu- 
tion, and side by side evolved the constitution. To hide these 
facts is to be ashamed of ourselves. Origin creates our sym- 
pathy for humanity, hence in Americans these promises of 
universal liberty. We do not fear that immigrant nations will 
cloud or exhaust our sun. Rather we believe that they will 
diffuse the light until it circles the world. As statesmen we 
may wisely provide against an overwhelming flood of paupers, 
criminals and adventurers ; but as citizens and christians, we 
will welcome opportunities of moulding to republicanism and 
religion those who will be heralds of truth and apostles of the 
millennium. 

"And this leads to the noblest work of our society. We 
might specify much to be accomplished by gathering materials 
for history and souvenirs of the Revolution, by studying men, 
manners and measures, and by devising the best methods of 
perpetuating the memories of our ancestors and celebrating 
their achievements. These, however, will naturally be consid- 
ered in their time. But one noble field of usefulness should be 
extended to our view. 

" But why confine ourselves to a single country? On our 
own continent we have fifty republics. Let us form with 
them leagues of fellowship. Our hearts should embrace self- 
government throughout the world. The American instinct for 
freedom is irrepressible; it cannot be restricted by bonds of 
nationalities. Humanity is its object. We only express and 
exercise a national impulse when we cultivate fraternity with 
men everywhere, who, by justice and intelligence, strive 
to elevate the people from sovereignty and help forward for 
earth a day of light and love and liberty." 



AMERICAN PATRIOTISM. 



[From the Address of the Honorable Chauncey M. Depew, President of the New York Society, 
at the Hartford Convention of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1891.] 

"No people have ever founded a State which has become a great nation, 
have ever preserved and enlarged their liberty, unless they had largely developed 
the qualities of imagination and of sentiment. They must deify the heroes to 
whose valor and statesmanship they owe their origin. They must picture in the 
eye of the mind the battlefields upon which their forefathers fought and con- 
quered. They must see the clash of contending armies, hear the roar of the 
mighty hosts and the din of battle, and be enthused on patriotic occasions with 
the fire and the spirit which animated the men who created them as a power in 
the earth. 

" This republic has advanced or stood still just in proportion as its people have 
revered the men of the revolution and practiced the principles of the Declara- 
tion of Independence and of Washington's farewell address. 

******** 

."Every society like this of the Sons of the American Revolution is a 
seminary of patriotism. To belong to it is a liberal education for liberty. Four- 
teen millions of people have landed in this country and become absorbed in our 
population since 1820. Of our 63,000,000 of population nearly one-half have no 
ancestry or traditions wljich go back to the Revolutionary War. It is our duty 
for the good government of to-day and the greatness and growth of the republic 
in the future that the unification of our people shall be not only in loyalty to the 
flag and devotion to the Constitution, but in pride in the traditions and the 

history of our past. 

******** 

" We have need to cultivate stalwart and robust Americanism. We do not 
want an Americanism which is boastful and puffed up, but one of the objects of 
this association is to cultivate that knowledge of a glorious origin, an unequaled 
century, a land developed in one hundred years beyond any example in recorded 
time and yet in its infancy, a nation to-day one of the most powerful upon 
earth, an educational system which disseminates at the public expense universal 
education, a patriotism which is equal to all the requirements of troublous periods 
and peaceful times, which, when thoroughly appreciated and understood, will 
enable us to contemplate the past, knowing the present and defining the future, 
and say to our children, ' The proudest title on earth is to be an American 
citizen.' " 



List of Members. 



NATIONAL NUMBER 

Charles Abert, ------- 1834 

Col. Silvanus Thayer Abert, - 1835 

Rev. Daniel Dulany Addison, - 20S9 

Rev. Thomas Grafton Addison, D.D., - - - 21 01 

William Edwards Annin, - 2041 

Major George Augustus Armes, - 1S71 
Amory Austin, - - - - - - -1851 

Frank Lloyd Averill, ----- 20S3 

Dr. Elroy McKendree Avery, - - - 2000 

Elbert Hall Baker, - - - 2056 

Dr. Frank Baker, ------ 2039 

Dudley Baldwin, ... - 1901 

William Dickson Baldwin, - - 2067 

Ebenezer Burgess Ball, - - 1812 

Capt. George Washington Ball, - 1902 

Joseph Josiah Gilbert Ball, - 1895 

Commander Albert Smith Barker, U.S.N., - - 2032 

William Hamilton Bayly, - - - 2010 

Hon. George T. Beck, ------ 1957 

Paul Beckwith, ------ 1S43 

Dr. Marcus Benjamin, ------ 2058 

Pay-Inspector Luther Guiteau Billings, U.S.N. , - 2026 

Frederick Ripley Blount, ----- 2007 

Henry Fitch Blount, - - - - - . 1983 

Hon. Charles Addison Boutelle, M.C, - - - 1958 

Dr. James Thacher Boutelle, - - - 1934 

Col. John Bryan Bowman, - - - - 1S52 



XL SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

NATIONAL NUMBER 

Charles Augustus Boynton, .... 1925 

Charles Hudson Boynton, - 1926 

Gen. Henry Van Ness Boynton, - 1825 

Dr. John Ely Brackett, - 1876 

George Lothrop Bradley, - - - - - 1853 

Hon. Walter Lawrence Bragg, ... - 1854 

Hon. C"lifton Rhodes Breckinridge, M.C., - - 1942 

Gen. Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, U.S.A., - - 1855 

Judge Samuel Miller Breckinridge,* ... 2094 

Hon. William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, M.C., - 1807 

Hon. Alexander Thompson Britton, - - - 1982 

Newton May Brooks, ------ 2002 

Alexander Brown, ------ 2046 

Col. John Bell Brownlow, ----- 1903 

Roberdeau Buchanan, ._'.-- 1S26 

Gen. Franklin George Butterfield, - - - 1936 

Lieut. Bernard Abert Byrne, U.S.A., - - - 2085 

Lieut. Charles Byrne, U.S.A., ... - 1971 

Prof. William Daniel Cabell, - 1S16 

Albert Carhart, ------- 2055 

Gen. Edward Clement Carrington, - - - 2008 

Peyton Rodes Carrington, - - - - - 19 s6 

Capt. Alfred Ball Carter, - - - - i9°9 

Hiram Guernsey Chandler, ----- 2024 

John Pascal Charlton, ----- 2035 

Commander Colby Mitchel Chester, U.S.N. , - - 2018 

Rev. John Chester, D.D., - - - - - 2031 

Prof. John White Chickering, - 1856 

Rev. Thomas Spencer Childs, D.D., - - - 2019 

Allen Culling Clark, ------ 1922 

Alonzo Howard Clark, ----- 1846 

Appleton Prentiss Clark, ----- 1920 

Appleton Prentiss Clark, Jr., - - - - 19 21 

* Deceased. 



LIST OF MEMBERS. XLI 

NATIONAL NUMBER 

George Lafayette Clark, - 1857 

Dr. Daniel B. Clarke, ..... 1SS1 

Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, - • - - - 1S42 

Lieut. Powhatan Henry Clarke, U.S.A., - - 1976 

Col. Isaac Edwards Clarke, ----- 1972 

Rev. Samuel Davis Clayton, - 2054 

William McKendree Clayton, .... 2080 

Dr. Horace Coleman, - 1859 

Benjamin Azariah Colonna, ----- 1858 

Charles William Coombs, ----- 1SS8 

Capt. Calvin Duvall Cowles, U.S.A., - - - 1953 

William Van Zandt Cox, ----- 1815 

Capt. Robert Craig, U.S.A., ... 1823 

Henry Lyon Crane, ------ 1896 

Rev. John Newton Culbertson, ... - 201 1 

Gen. James Jackson Dana, U.S.A., ... i860 

Richard Dana, --....- 2074 

William Weaver Danenhower, - - - 2105 

Senator John Warwick Daniel, - 2030 

Theodore Davenport, .... - 2006 

Theodore Davenport, Jr., ----- 2009 

Mills Dean, ------- 1938 

Medical Director Richard Crain Dean, U.S.N., - 2107 

William Augustin DeCaindry, .... 1975 

Hon. Josiah Dent, ------ 1918 

Commander Francis William Dickens, U.S.N., - - 2073 

George Doolittle, ------ 2012 

Rev. James Owen Dorsey, - 2090 

Hon. John Watkinson Douglass, - - - - 1924 

James Taylor DuBois, ------ 1892 

Capt. Richard Catlin DuBois, U.S.A., ... 1862 

James Francis Duhamel, - 1890 

Robert Edward Earll, - 1861 



XLII SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

NATIONAL NUMBER 

Prof. John Robie Eastman, U.S.N., ... 1836 

Dr. Otis Judd Eddy, ...... 1887 

Hon. Matthew Gault Emery, ... - 1845 

Hon. Charges James Faulkner (U. S. Senate), - - 1939 

Granville Fernald, ------ 1910 

Gen. Charles William Field, ... - 2079 

DeVin Finckel, ------ 2049 

Charles Willis Fisher, .'_.-- 2064 

Edmund Flagg,* ------ 1894 

Surgeon James Milton Flint, U.S.N. , - - - 1837 

Abial Abbott Forbush, - - - - - 2076 

Hon. William Pierce Frye (U. S. Senate), - - 1832 

Dr. Edward Miner Gallaudet, - - - 1847 

Henry Wise Garnett, ------ 1932 

Hon. John Rowzee Garrison, - 1864 

Col. Horatio Gates Gibson, U.S.A., - 1817 

Wilson Lindsley Gill, - - - - i95 6 

Col. George Washington Gist, ... - 1989 

Dr. George Brown Goode, ----- i960 

Richard Urquhart Goode, ----- 1891 

Proe. Joseph Claybaugh Gordon, - - 1818 

Morton Gordon, ------- 1959 

John Requa Graham, ... . 1850 

John Allen Graves, ------ 1998 

Gen. Adolphus Washington Greely, U.S.A., - - 1914 

Andrew Jordan Green, - 2072 

Bernard Richardson Green, - 1S24 

Maj. Charles Ravenscroft Greenleaf, U.S.A., - - 2014 

Charles Parke Grice, ----- 2044 

Francis Grice, ----- - 2045 

Francis Elliott Grice, - - - - - 1961 

Hon. Charles Henry Grosvenor, M.C., - - 1023 

Gen. Peter Valentine Hagner, U.S.A., - 1S49 

* Deceased. 



LIST OF MEMBERS. XLIII 

NATIONAL NUMBER 

Samuel Kellogg Hall, - - - - - 21 12 

Eminel Potter Halsted, - 2025 

John Jacob Halstead, - - - - 1820 

Russell Benjamin Harrison, ----- 2020 

Alexander Richmond Hart, - 1875 

Frederick Loviad Harvey, .... - 1865 

Dr. Thomas Edwards Hatch, - - - 1866 

John Beers Hawes, - - - - - - 2017 

Lewis Sydenham Hayden. - - - - - 2 no 

Hon. John Steele Henderson, M.C., - - - 1952 

Hon. William Wirt Henry, - 1840 

Very Rev. Augustine Francis Hewit, D.D., - - 2057 

Col. Edward Miles Heyl, U.S.A., - - - 2081 

Romyn Hitchcock, ..-.-- 1S39 

Dr. Walter James Hoffman, - 1905 

Henry Peter Renouf Holt, ----- 2104 

Rev. Arnold Harris Hord, - 1885 

William Edward Horton, ----- 2016 

Col. Addison Augustus Hosmer, - 2102 

Walter Hough, - - - - - - - 1967 

James Ross Howard, ------ 1930 

William Wheeler Hubbell, ----- 1S84 

Capt. Alfred Epher Hunt, ... - 1985 

Henry Morris Husband, .... - 1878 

John D. Husband, ------ 1933 

Stephen Alonzo Jackson, ----- 1995 

Jefferson Henry Jennings, - I 94 1 

Arnold Burges Johnson, .... - 1S97 

Gen. Bradley Tyler Johnson ... - 1970 

James Bowen Johnson, ------ 1908 

Capt. John Burges Johnson, U.S.A., - - - 1899 

Jerome Fletcher Johnson, ----- 2053 

Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnston,* - - - J 9 6 3 

♦Deceased. 



XLIV SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

NATIONAL NUMBER 

Rev. James Gibson Johnson, D.D., - - - 189S 

Dr. Joseph Taber Johnson, - 1996 

Lorenzo M Johnson, ------ 1900 

Willard Drake Johnson, ----- 2068 

Hon. Thomas Goode Jones, ... - 1993 

Rear-Admiral James Edward Jouett, U.S.N., - 1991 

Orange Judd, ------- 1827 

Samuel Prescott Keller, ----- 2001 

Lieut. Lyman Walter Vere Kennon, U.S.A., - - 1882 

David Kimball, - - 1987 

Rear- Admiral Lewis Ashfield Kimberly, U.S.N., - 20SS 

Ephraim Douglass King, - - 1867 

Harry King, - - - 1821 

Frank Hall Knowlton, - 1904 

George William Knox, - - - 2077 

William Salsbury Knox, ----- 2078 

Rev. Samuel Kramer, ------ 1916 

Hon. Edward Samuel Lacey, - - 2063 

Dr. Daniel Smith Lamb, ...... ^'j 

Prof. Samuel Pierpont Langley. - 1804 

Philip Fillmore Larner, - - - - 2062 

Dr. William Lee, ------ 1808 

Hon. William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, M.C., - - 1917 

Augustus Perry Leidy, ----- 2022 

Col. Charles Mcknight Leoser, ... - 1990 

Francis Ellington Leupp, ----- 1978 

Charles Boynton Lockwood, ----- 1927 

Hon. George Bailey Loring, ... - 2103 

John Parker Lothrop, ------ 1877 

Col. Marshall McDonald, - - - - • 181 1 

Capt. Thomas Mower McDougall, U.S.A., - - 2069 

William Osborn McDowell, - 2013 

Hon. John V. McDuffie, M.C., - - - - 2070 



LIST OF MEMBERS. XLV 

NATIONAL NUMBER 

Henry Benjamin McKean, - - - - - 2036 

Dr. Louis Mackall, - - - - - 1911 

Cyrus Culbertson Maclay, .... I994 

Andrew Buzzell Magoun, - 2023 

Hon. Charles Harley Mansur, M.C., - - 1863 

Robert Harteey Marcellus, - - 2086 

Charles Wells Marsh, - 2038 

Prof. Otis Tufton Mason, - - - - - 1968 

Wileiam Lyman Mason, - 1S80 

James Maynard. - - - - - - - 2029 

Gen. Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, U.S.A., - 1S03 

Wieeiam Luff Meredith, - - - - - 2108 

Capt. Wieeiam Morton Meredith, - - - 2003 

Aeexander Porter Morse, - - - - - 1907 

Maj. Howard Morton, - 1955 

Hon. Levi Parsons Morton, ----- ^84 

Edward Augustus Moseeey, - - - - 1841 

Zebina Moses, ... ... 2059 

Robert Brent Mosher, - 1919 

Samuee Ecceeston Mueean, - 1954 

Henry Benson Munn, - 2106 

Jacob Jackson Noah, --.... X S68 

Gaeen Griffin Norton, - .- 1937 

Herbert Gouverneur Ogden, - - - 2021 

Coe. Myron Meevin Parker,, - - - 191 2 

Henry Hovey Parmenter, - - 1869 

Francis Henry Parsons, ----- I9 88 

Dr. Albert Charles Peale, ----- 1984 

Peter Francisco Pescud, - 2092 

Jesse David Bright Peters, ----- 1S13 

Col. John Lewis Peyton, ----- 2048 

Rear- Admiral Thomas Stowell Phelps, U.S.N., - - 1966 

Calvin Tilden Phillips, ----- 2075 



XLVI SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

NATIONAL NUMBER 

Henry Blackman Plumb, - 2043 

Admiral David Dixon Porter,* - 1801 

Charles Porterfield, ------ 20S2 

Hon. Philip Sidney Post, M.C., - - - - 2033 

Philip Sidney Post, Jr., ----- 2034 

Lteut.-Col. Wm. M. Postlethwaite, U.S.A., - - 211 1 

Hon. Charles Debrille Poston, - 1915 

Dr. Daniel Webster Prentiss, ... . 1973 

Hon. Redfield Proctor, ----- 1992 

William Anderson Raborg, ... . 2109 

Hon. Estes George Rathbone, - 1810 

Col. Felix Alexander Reeve, - 1809 

Philip Key Reily, _ ------ 1929 

William Jones Rhees, ------ 1814 

Owen Riley, ------- 1946 

Dr. Henry Alfred Robbins, - 1SS9 

Samuel Augustine Robinson, - 1906 

Col. J. Sumner Rogers, - 2065 

William Edgar Rogers, ----- 2099 

Hon. George Carr Round, - 2093 

Addison Gross Sargent, ----- 2047 

William George Sargent, - - - • - - 2087 

Henry Clay Sayles, ----- 2015 

Capt. Clinton Brooks Sears, U.S.A., - - - 1829 

Col. Franklin Austin Seely, - 1962 

William Henry Harrison Sheets, - 1893 

William Carlysle Shelley, - - - - 193 1 

Senator John Sherman, - 1805 

Hon. George Howell Shields, - 2037 

Howard Sill, ------- 202S 

William Reynolds Singleton, - 2100 

Henry MarTyn Skielman, Jr., - 2004 

Thomas T Skillman, - 2005 

* Deceased. 



LIST OF MEMBERS. XLVII 

NATIONAL NUMBER 

Frank Birge Smith, -..-.. 2052 

Jonathan Leavitt Smith, ----- 1848 

Robert Atwater Smith, - 2066 

Merwin-Marie Snell, - - - - - 1979 

Richard Henry Spencer, ----- 1819 

Dr. Joshua Otis Stanton,* ----- 1940 

Dr. Francis Osmond St. Clair, - 1870 

Dr. Robert Edward Carter Stearns, - - - 1969 

Armat Stoddart, ------- 2050 

Justice William Strong, ----- 1964 

Wieson Budd Strong, ------ 1872 

Milo Colburn Summers, - ... 2095 

alfred blsseel taecott, ----- 192s 

Fred. Eemer Tasker, - 1974 

Gen. George Thom, U.S.A.,* ----- igg 9 

Prof. Gilbert Thompson, ----- 1913 

Washington Nelson Toler, ----- 2027 

Gen. Edward Davis Townsend, U. S. A., - - - 182S 

Richard Shubrick Trapier, - 2071 

Frederick William True, ----- 1822 

Rowan Boone Tuley, - 2095 

Senator Zebulon B. Vance, ----- 1965 

Med. Insp. William Knickerbocker Van Reypen, U.S.N. 2042 

Hon. Edward Carrington Venable, M.C., - - 1830 

Dallas Bache Wainwright - 1873 

Gen. Duncan Stephen Walker, - 1833 

Hon. Joseph Henry Walker, M. C, - - - 1997 

Robert John Walker, ------ 1979 

Lawrence Washington, ----- 1983 

Col. Thornton Augustin Washington, - - - 1935 

John Elfreth Watkins, ----- 1831 

Andrew Baker Webb, ------ 1949 

Martin VanBuren Webb, ----- 1947 

* Deceased. 



XLVIII SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

NATIONAL NUMBER 

Samuel. Dillard Webb, ------ 1948 

william holcomb webster, - - - 2084 

Wieeiam Pratt Wethereee, - - - - 2 113 

Ashton Stoodeey Haee White, ... - 1874 

Dr. Guy Fairfax Whiting, - - 1943 

John Brewer Wight, ------ 1944 

Lloyd Buchanan Wight, .... - 2061 

Otis Caleb Wight, ...--- 2060 

Dr. Ahab George Wilkinson, - 2096 

Ernest Wilkinson, - - - - - - 1951 

George L. Wilkinson, . . . . . 2097 

Charles McAllister Willcox, - 2040 

Gen. Orlando Bolivar Willcox, U. S. A., - - - 198 1 

Orlando Blodgett Willcox, ... - 2091 

William Crawford Winlock, ... . 1844 

Rev. Clarence E. Woodman, - - - - - 2051 

Dr. Francis Joseph Woodman, ... - 18S6 

Rear-Admiral John Lorimer Worden, U.S.N., - - 1802 

Hon. John Vines Wright, ----- 18S3 

Gen. Marcus Joseph Wright, ----- 1806 

Col. Levi Parker Wright, - 1950 




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